River Teeth Essays on Best American Essays Notables List

Congratulations to the authors of the five River Teeth essays listed on this year's Best American Essays list of Notable Essay and Literary Nonfiction for 2016. 

• "Wren Boy" Rebecca McClanahan (Spring 2016, vol .18.1)
• "If Woman Is Five" Sonya Huber (Spring 2016, vol. 18.1)
• "Thieves" Jerald Walker (Spring 2016, vol. 18.1)
• "Five Autobiographical Fragments or She May Have Been a Witch" David Lazar (Fall 2016, vol. 18.2)
• "Unpinned" by Heather Gemmen Wilson (Fall 2016, vol. 18.2)

Congratulations also goes to River Teeth Associate Editor and Beautiful Things co-editor Sarah Wells whose essay "The Body Is Not a Coffin" (Under the Gum Tree, April 2016) also appeared on this year's list.

Editors for the 2017 edition of Best American Essays were Robert Atwan and Leslie Jamison.